There're 3 cyclists in that line. The other two at least have the decency to get close to the shoulder so traffic can get around them easier. But that asshole up front... I've been stuck behind assholes like that. And yeah, he pisses me off too. -lg
In Colorado, if you have more than five vehicles behind you while going up hill, you have to pull over and let them pass. That cop should be passing the slower vehicles and making that bike rider pull over.
John - same in Oregon, I know from experience when my Austin Healy Sprite had clutch problems, but that was many decades ago and that state is one that supports the spandex mafia so they might not enforce it now.
I believe this is California- Snake Mountain as they call it- part of Mulholland Highway in Malibu, to be exact. Lots of motorcycle crashes here, too. there are some great compilation videos on youtube, too.
#1 looks like the new combo of the two that I trained with for Bosnia: M-60 Panther remote control mine-roller and the Mini-flail remote control armored skidsteer.
We were trying to figur out why they had rollers instead of chain flails on the tanks, but were having too much fun playing tanker-by-proxy.
Rollers were probably laying around and it was too hard for the contractors to make money on flails, I guess.
Rollers just have to be bolted onto the tank. A flail needs to be driven by the engine or by an auxiliary engine mounted on or in the tank so it's much more complicated. Al_in_Ottawa
Looks like it. I had one a long time ago, the whole reason they were bred was for their smooth gait. Watch the rider in the gif, he's not moving up and down at all. Comfortable to ride all day long for a plantation overseer or owner.
3: I tripped on my doormat yesterday. 4: I kinda hope he lost a toe there. 5: Are they all together or something? No way all those people have that kind of patience otherwise, including two police vehicles. 6: Just like my dog. 8: This must be one of those lefties that's suddenly into guns.
#10 Either staged or the dude is borderline braindead. The keyboard he's pounding on isn't even plugged in. You can see the cable dangling, it's not connected. Given that it's also an old-style CRT, I'm inclined to think a couple of the tech support boys came across a stash of outdated crap and decided to have some fun before tossing it in the dumpster.
Do you think that just maybe the fact that the keyboard isn't plugged in but he doesn't realize it might be the reason he nutted up? I mean, he's obviously trying to type something, right? Sheesh.
#7 Is a Tennessee Walking Horse. They hurt those horses to make them do that gait, called the running walk. I was raised with American Saddlebreds, three and five gaited, and we'd always turn our backs to those Walking Horses when they showed. I'd send the owners and the trainers, and anyone who rode a Walking Horse to prison for life at hard time - mainly because I think that's a more severe punishment than the firing squad.
I've seen Tennessee Walking Horses with their feet hurt so badly that they couldn't do a flat walk because of the pain. Damn those people who hurt horses like that. Just damn them to hell.
Always carry a whiffle ball bat ,and in a situation like this one have your passenger, better if it's your wife or girlfriend, run up on that rotten prick and start wailing on him. Use your imagination................ #8 never took a physics class, but momma said he never had a lick of sense anyhow.
#5. At a stop sign I saw an oncoming car. The car was just inside that distance that if I go now I would probably cut them off. I decided to wait.
Little did I know that the driver was a little old lady going about 5 mph. I didn't realize that until too late. After the stop sign there was a stop light to pull onto the highway. The light was green the whole time. I could have gone but it would be a dick move.
The little old lady made it through the light. By now there was a stream of cars behind her that I had to wait. All but one made it through the green light.
I pulled behind that car at the red light. Just then a highway patrol pulled up to block the intersection. It was another 5 minutes before the bicyclists in a race came though. As it was a steep hill, the riders were moving slow and spread out. All told, it was over thirty minutes, more like forty-five, that the intersection was clear. But the light was red so another couple of minutes to wait. It was the end of the work day and I was on my way to pick up material, but because of the wait I wasn't able to get to the lumber yard before they closed.
#3 is an example of conservation of energy. When she jumps up it takes a little more "omph" yo get moving, but at the top of the jump the boobies keep going up which provides for additional lift.
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#5 just pisses me off
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't the cop pull that cyclist over for a LONG talk about blocking traffic?
DeleteThey run a bike race in Big Sur every year that disrupts traffic, makes people late for work and they couldn't care less.
DeleteThere're 3 cyclists in that line. The other two at least have the decency to get close to the shoulder so traffic can get around them easier. But that asshole up front... I've been stuck behind assholes like that. And yeah, he pisses me off too.
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In Colorado, if you have more than five vehicles behind you while going up hill, you have to pull over and let them pass. That cop should be passing the slower vehicles and making that bike rider pull over.
DeleteIf you shift from 2nd to 4th and flog it in my dodge 2nd gen when passing them it makes it hard for them to breath. I really enjoy it.
DeleteBackwoods Okie
Thats gotta be California.
DeleteJohn - same in Oregon, I know from experience when my Austin Healy Sprite had clutch problems, but that was many decades ago and that state is one that supports the spandex mafia so they might not enforce it now.
DeleteI believe this is California- Snake Mountain as they call it- part of Mulholland Highway in Malibu, to be exact. Lots of motorcycle crashes here, too. there are some great compilation videos on youtube, too.
DeleteThe cop had a clear line of sight to the AH but wouldn't take the shot. WTF?
Delete#1 looks like the new combo of the two that I trained with for Bosnia: M-60 Panther remote control mine-roller and the Mini-flail remote control armored skidsteer.
ReplyDeleteWe were trying to figur out why they had rollers instead of chain flails on the tanks, but were having too much fun playing tanker-by-proxy.
Rollers were probably laying around and it was too hard for the contractors to make money on flails, I guess.
I thought perhaps the German Keiler based on M48 hull.
DeleteThe Allies used those on the Normandy beaches during D-Day, mounted on Sherman tanks, to negligible real effect...but not quite NO effect, either.
DeleteThat certainly is a late model Patton tank body.
DeleteRollers just have to be bolted onto the tank. A flail needs to be driven by the engine or by an auxiliary engine mounted on or in the tank so it's much more complicated.
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#4 I've never seen anyone come close to matching reflexes with a dog, #9 cats on the other hand
ReplyDelete#6 and #8 are going places .... NOT
ReplyDeleteThey might have the right to be on the road, but they do not have the right to obstruct traffic.
ReplyDelete#3 That woman's jumping ability is impressive. I used to have spring in my step, now it takes 2 or 3 tries to get out of the chair..
ReplyDeleteGetting older is not a fun experience
DeleteJD
It now takes twice as long to do half as much.
DeleteMichael in Nelson
Getting old: not for sissies.
DeleteKangaroo girl.
DeleteNot if I had 5 years to practice.
DeleteGetting old...yeah,I never signed on for this crap.
DeleteVolksrob - you can check out any time...
Delete#2 Serves him right for getting fresh with an octopus. He's lucky SpongeBob wasn't around.
ReplyDeleteThe sea lion was just sharing his lunch. Like when your cat presents you with a dead, smelly thing.
Delete7.Tennessee walking horse?
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Yes. I never saw the point in those.
DeleteIt's a very smooth ride. Very very smooth ride. Which means you don't get your spine pounded like on a regular horse.
DeleteLooks like it. I had one a long time ago, the whole reason they were bred was for their smooth gait. Watch the rider in the gif, he's not moving up and down at all. Comfortable to ride all day long for a plantation overseer or owner.
DeleteMonty Python's horse.
DeleteGoose stepping horse!
DeleteFrom the Ministry of Silly Trots
DeleteGAY
DeleteA "...high stepping strutter..."?
DeleteWhen I trained horses, the gaited ones were always saved for the last rides of the day.
DeleteThat looks more like a "smashing my way through enemy infantry" type of gait. That last flick of the hooves would be about chest/ head height...
DeleteIt’s not. It’s an abrogation of a beautiful gate done at the horses’ expense to score better at shows.
Delete#6 Curly the # Stooges lives on.
ReplyDelete#8 Democrat volunteer in Ukraine.
ReplyDelete#2....is that a seal throwing an octopus at the guy in the kayak?
ReplyDeleteNo, seals thrash octopi like that to tear off a hunk, they don't teeth that will cut a tough octopus
DeleteMichael in Nelson
#3: she learned that jumping over feces in San Francisco.
ReplyDelete3: I tripped on my doormat yesterday.
ReplyDelete4: I kinda hope he lost a toe there.
5: Are they all together or something? No way all those people have that kind of patience otherwise, including two police vehicles.
6: Just like my dog.
8: This must be one of those lefties that's suddenly into guns.
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Delete# 4. Never make the mistake thinking you can outmaneuver a Malinois, you'll be wrong
ReplyDeleteJD
#8 Tampon Tim practicing before he decides to opt out of his deployment.
ReplyDeleteIndustrial grade dufus
DeleteI absolutely love #8
Delete#8 - WTF did you expect to happen?
ReplyDeleteNo ears, no eyes (maybe, can't quite tell from the grainy vid), no common sense, no man card. Good dance moves, though.
Delete#9 - Possibly a momma cat with kittens - never mess with any female in charge of the young - they become instant Valkyries.
ReplyDelete#3: She's got spring in her step.
ReplyDelete#4: FAFO
#5: When asked if he was sorry about the road jam the bicyclist responded: "I was going as fast as I wanted to go".
#10: All of us at times.
#10 Either staged or the dude is borderline braindead. The keyboard he's pounding on isn't even plugged in. You can see the cable dangling, it's not connected. Given that it's also an old-style CRT, I'm inclined to think a couple of the tech support boys came across a stash of outdated crap and decided to have some fun before tossing it in the dumpster.
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Do you think that just maybe the fact that the keyboard isn't plugged in but he doesn't realize it might be the reason he nutted up? I mean, he's obviously trying to type something, right?
DeleteSheesh.
#10) There's a sign on my desk that reads:
DeleteI hate this damn computer
I wish that they would sell it
It does not do what I want it to do
It only does what I tell it
I hope #8 hurt - a lot
ReplyDeleteStupid should hurt
Wow, is #10 old! I think I remember seeing it back in the '90s.
ReplyDelete#7 Is a Tennessee Walking Horse. They hurt those horses to make them do that gait, called the running walk. I was raised with American Saddlebreds, three and five gaited, and we'd always turn our backs to those Walking Horses when they showed. I'd send the owners and the trainers, and anyone who rode a Walking Horse to prison for life at hard time - mainly because I think that's a more severe punishment than the firing squad.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Tennessee Walking Horses with their feet hurt so badly that they couldn't do a flat walk because of the pain. Damn those people who hurt horses like that. Just damn them to hell.
Agreed. While the running walk is natural for them, the weird shoes and strange farrier work, and hoof weights really fuck up their feet.
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ReplyDelete#8 Will be ordering a few replacement teeth.
ReplyDeleteHa!
ReplyDeleteIt's against the law to pass on a solid double yellow.
The guy is a shitbag.
~Fitz.
Is it always? I understand it is legal to pass on double yellow here, around amish buggies.
Delete#2 Hit a puss with a puss
ReplyDelete#5 looks like Ortega Hwy.
ReplyDeleteThat's the lookout. Parents used to live down there by the lake.
ReplyDelete#10 - from one of my favorite commercials.
ReplyDeleteAlways carry a whiffle ball bat ,and in a situation like this one have your passenger, better if it's your wife or girlfriend, run up on that rotten prick and start wailing on him. Use your imagination................
ReplyDelete#8 never took a physics class, but momma said he never had a lick of sense anyhow.
#5. At a stop sign I saw an oncoming car. The car was just inside that distance that if I go now I would probably cut them off. I decided to wait.
ReplyDeleteLittle did I know that the driver was a little old lady going about 5 mph. I didn't realize that until too late. After the stop sign there was a stop light to pull onto the highway. The light was green the whole time. I could have gone but it would be a dick move.
The little old lady made it through the light. By now there was a stream of cars behind her that I had to wait. All but one made it through the green light.
I pulled behind that car at the red light. Just then a highway patrol pulled up to block the intersection. It was another 5 minutes before the bicyclists in a race came though. As it was a steep hill, the riders were moving slow and spread out. All told, it was over thirty minutes, more like forty-five, that the intersection was clear. But the light was red so another couple of minutes to wait. It was the end of the work day and I was on my way to pick up material, but because of the wait I wasn't able to get to the lumber yard before they closed.
Nice guys finish last.
#3 is an example of conservation of energy. When she jumps up it takes a little more "omph" yo get moving, but at the top of the jump the boobies keep going up which provides for additional lift.
ReplyDelete#3 made me knee hurt.
ReplyDelete#10 - It's called "Code Rage".
ReplyDeleteI’m saddened to report that all three people riding their toys in traffic have been killed in a tragic roadside accident. A moment of prayer. Legio XIX
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